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Political favourability ratings, May 2025: Keir Starmer falls to lowest net favourability rating on record, while positivity towards Nigel Farage and Reform UK rises (yougov.co.uk)
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Astonishingly awful polling for Starmer, who has destroyed his favourability among everyone especially his own voters, while somehow making Farage more popular. If I was Morgan McSweeney, I would quit my job.

Some other 'highlights':

'This is the first time Keir Starmer has recorded a net negative approval rating among Labour voters.'

Labour is now even more unpopular than the lowest point of Corbyn's leadership.

EDIT:

Just so I can say 'I told you so', if:

  • There isn't an all-out war in Europe, and,
  • Starmer's still PM at the next GE

Then he will lose his own seat.

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[โ€“] wewbull@feddit.uk 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

A few things.

  1. He came into power because the electorate were looking for change. We're still looking for it because he's just slowed the decay a little, and hasn't really made any big plays.
  2. Whereas leaders like Canada's Mark Carney have basically told Trump to take a flying leap off a short pier, Starmer has tried to play to his ego. He's invited him for a state visit, which is pretty much universally hated. He's negotiated over tariffs. He's normalised what Trump does.
  3. The government are currently fighting a court case where their lawyers claim the is "no evidence of genocide in Gaza" therefore arms sales to Israel are legal. Starmer is an ex-human-rights lawyer.
  4. He recently made a speech about immigration calling the UK an "Island of strangers". He's chasing a right-wing vote because the right-wing Reform Party are getting stronger. None of them would touch him with a barge pole so it's pointless. While he's doing this the left-wing base are ditching him for the Greens and LibDems.

So if you're a pro-austerity pro-israel anti-immigration Trumper who thinks Reform UK is a step too far, you'll be happy with Starmer. Otherwise you're looking for other options.

[โ€“] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 7 points 1 week ago

Let's add one

  • Saw the supreme court rule the law has always been that trans women aren't allowed in spaces for women, and did nothing at all about it despite previously saying trans women are women. We're going to have the most draconian toilet legislation In the world apparently written a decade ago entirely by accident and the pm acts like it's nothing to do with him.